We're spending our final few nights back in the Latin Quarter, our preferred area by far from what we've seen. It's safe and clean here and there's plenty of restaurants, cafes, bars and public parks to hang out in, all within a few minutes walk.
We tried booking in at a place called Hotel du Commerce which looked really nice, but the best they could offer us was their most expensive room which was way out of our budget. We popped around the corner back to the BVJ and ended up in the same room as last time!
We've continued to pack our days up with places to visit (plenty more walking!). A few highlights have included visiting the Catacombes, a 20m underground open graveyard that stretches for 1.7km long and houses thousands of Parisiens, or rather what remains of them! Kinda creepy!
We spent a day at Disneyland too which was good fun. The weather was super crappy early in the day but it came good in the afternoon. We refused to pay �7 for a tacky poncho and braved it til it came fine!
Last night we went out for our first dining out experience in a traditional French restaurant. Sheryl ordered escargots (snails) for the first time, and she convinced me to try one. Not as slimy as we feared and came in a nice garlic/herb butter. I had duck terrine for my entree. For mains Sheryl had steak, lamb for me. Puds was equally delicious.
Speaking the lingo to the locals has continued to improve, most French are pleasant when they see you're making an effort.
We've been waiting for finer weather to go up the Eiffel Tower and hopefully it'll clear up enough this afternoon.
Here's some more photos and we'll write again when we're in Madrid.
A Bientot.
Love,
Dale & Sheryl
(Our room and the view from BVJ Louvre)
(Our walk through the Catacombes. Check out those bones!)
(Are you supposed to smile in these places?)
("It's a small world after all"...and our smooth 3D shades!)
(Mmm crepes! And the not so slimy snails)
(Bon Appetit on Rue Moufftard)
3 comments:
Hey Dale & Sheryl
Its Ben here my first time looking at your blog ive only read the first too so far, expect comments on the others soon heh, looking good guys hoping your doing fine over there, looks like theres good weather in paris suppose dale's been to the red light district? well hope you're doing good and by the way Dale i watched the video of us and mum in England/Scotland was good have to see it when you get back, anyway look forward to new posts and see you when you get back. Have fun!
Ben.
Was that Elvis in the Catacombs behind Sheryl?
Awesome, I'm so impressed that Sheryl tried snails. That's one thing I'm not sure I'd want to try.
How's the budget going so far? Are you spending more or less than you expected?
Have fun in Madrid :)
Claire
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